Sexual Misconduct

After learning that an allergy doctor who practiced in Westminster lost his license because of alleged sexual misconduct toward teen patients, Janice Kispert, CEO of Rape Crisis Intervention Service of Carroll County (RCIS), said such cases should encourage parents to talk with their children.

Surender K. Vaswani, an allergist who worked in Westminster and Columbia, had his license revoked after an investigation by the Maryland Board of Physicians found he had displayed immoral and unprofessional conduct and sexual misconduct against three...

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Sexual...

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